Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Clashes erupted on Saturday between security forces and opposition supporters in central Tehran, an Iran Focus correspondent reported.
Clashes erupt in central Tehran
Iran sends SMS warning to protestors
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been sending threatening SMS text messages to people in Tehran and elsewhere in advance of anticipated anti-government demonstrations to mark the anniversary of protests last June.
What if the Obama administration fully sided with Iran’s Green Movement?
Washington Post – Editorial: A year ago on Saturday, a movement was born that offers the best chance of ending the threat posed by Iran’s support for terrorism and pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Tensions increase in the capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – A large group of people are walking towards Ferdowsi Square in central Tehran. There is a heavy police presence in the area, an Iran Focus correspondent reports.
Iran security’s actions on visit spur concerns
Irish Times: When Iranian officials were drawing up plans for the country’s foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki to visit Ireland, they never expected that the trip would make headlines for very different reasons to what they had intended.
Heavy police presence in central Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Units of the State Security Force (SSF) and anti-riot guards are being deployed in the capital’s central areas, including Vali Asr, Enqelab, Azadi, Haft-e Tir and Ferdowsi squares.
Iran to start building new nuclear site by March
AP: Iran’s nuclear chief says his country will begin construction of a new uranium enrichment plant by March of next year, a defiant announcement days after the U.N. approved tougher sanctions.
Neda’s parents had rebuffed Ahmadinejad bribe offer
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – From the Grapevine… Reports from Tehran indicate that following the fortieth day of Neda Agha Soltan’s murder last year, hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent two emissaries to her parent’s home with flowers and pastries.
Germany probes Russian shipments to Iran
Wall Street Journal: German prosecutors are investigating whether Russia’s main nuclear exporter broke European rules by routing Iran-bound cargo through Europe—an incident that diplomats say turned into a major battleground as world powers hashed out international sanctions against Iran.
